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Candida spp
Synonym(s): yeast
Introduction
Classification
Taxonomy
- Division: ascomycota.
- Class: saccharomycetes.
- Order: saccharomycetales.
- Family: saccharomycetaceae.
- Genus: candida.
Etymology
- (L) candidus - 'white'.
Distribution
- Worldwide.
- Found on plant material and as commensals in the respiratory (nasal), digestive and urogenital tracts.
Significance
- Greater than 200 species, although C. albicans is the species most relevant to animal diseases.
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Further Reading
Publications
Refereed Papers
- Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
- Dworecka-Kaszak B, Krutkiewicz A, Szopa D, Kleczkowski M & Biegańska M (2012) High Prevalence of Candida Yeast in Milk Samples from Cows Suffering from Mastitis in Poland. Sci World J PubMed.
- Şeker E (2010) Identification of Candida species isolated from bovine mastitic milk and their in vitro hemolytic activity in western Turkey. Mycopathologia 169 (4), 303–308 PubMed.
- De Casia Dos Santos R & Marin J M (2005) Isolation of Candida spp. from mastitic bovine milk in Brazil. Mycopathologia 159 (2), 251–253 PubMed.
- Krukowski H, Tietze M, Majewski T & Rózański P (2001) Survey of yeast mastitis in dairy herds of small-type farms in the Lublin region, Poland. Mycopathologia 150 (1), 5–7 PubMed.
- Costa E O, Ribeiro A R, Watanabe E T & Melville P A (1998) Infectious bovine mastitis caused by environmental organisms. J Vet Med Series B 45 (2), 65–71 PubMed.